AT&T Wireless employee wounded in Utah shooting SALT LAKE CITY-The Associated Press reported AT&T Wireless Services Inc. employee Anne Sleater was shot in the head Thursday by a woman demanding …
A clash between cellular operator Western Wireless Corp. and a rural telephone company in North Dakota could set a precedent with the Federal Communications Commission concerning wireless competition with landline …
Qualcomm Inc. may be ready to sell off its handset division as competition in the cdmaOne handset business intensifies and costs increase. Sources say Qualcomm is in discussions with Siemens …
NEW YORK-“The SBC (Communications Inc.)-Ameritech (Corp.) merger will provide outstanding opportunities for minorities to get into the wireless business,” said Thomas A. Hart Jr. on Thursday at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition’s …
CINCINNATI-Cinergy Communications Inc., Lattice Partners Ltd. and a partnership led by Robert M. Bass announced they will form a venture to acquire and develop a large portfolio of communications towers …
Welcome to 1999 and woe to pols that haven’t discovered the digital age. No wonder House Commerce Committee Chairman Tom Bliley (R-Va.) counts cellular privacy as a top priority in …
CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-The cable TV and wireless industries are poised to dominate the high-speed Internet access market, according to Datacomm Research Co.’s report, “Bandwidth Bonanza: High-Speed Internet Access Technologies, Markets and …
WASHINGTON-A large contingent of telecommunications industry representatives was expected to meet with government officials Friday to present a proposal to change the rules governing how telecom carriers must treat customer …
Following an unannounced soft launch in November, Conxus Communications Inc. announced its long-awaited Pocketext text-messaging service is being rolled out market-by-market nationwide. The company began the service late last year …
CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Inc. announced it has formed its joint venture with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to provide personal communications services in the Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, markets. Cincinnati Bell acquired …
FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Communications Inc., dba MobileComm, announced it is offering e-mail delivery service and single-number access for its local wireless-messaging subscribers. MobileComm said its e-mail delivery service forwards e-mail …
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies announced it signed contracts totaling $340 million with Telesp Celular in Brazil to build wireless networks based on Code Division Multiple Access in the state of …
NEW YORK-Demands of the private placement and public issuance debt markets are likely to compel consolidation among lesser-known wireless companies as a condition of gaining access to this sorely needed …
Italy The Italian government requested a communications ministry committee be formed to oversee the auction of its planned fourth cellular license. The action marks the next step toward awarding that …
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association said it filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission strongly suggesting advanced telecommunications capability is not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and …
WASHINGTON-A federal court of appeals on Friday upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum cap. The decision comes as the FCC is examining whether to remove the restriction that limits carriers …
NEW YORK-Responding to a crescendo of allegations of improper inside dealing related to Sonera’s November initial public offering, the board of directors of the Finnish telecommunications carrier last week fired …
Microsoft Corp. increased its ownership stake in SkyTel Communications Inc. Papers filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week disclosed that software megalith Microsoft bought 1.54 million shares of …
WASHINGTON-The National Park Service is weighing in on antenna-siting cases on land adjacent to its parks. In Cape Cod, Mass., Park Service officials commented a tower proposal probably won’t be …
NEW YORK-Written comments are due March 17 on a proposed Internal Revenue Service regulation to implement a 3-percent federal excise tax on prepaid calling cards and services. The proposed regulation, …
